"Fine, come out for lunch" Matt left her room, to give her the privacy but he also wished to hide his pain from her.

He was annoyed and was also feeling sad at the same time, seeing how much Steve still affects her.

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Lisa was in love with that guy for a very long time now, so her reaction was normal, but Matthew didn't like it.

After a few minutes, Lisa came out and joined him for lunch.

"Are we not asking Emily and Pat to join us?" She asked him.

"No, they went out. It is Kate and Nick's wedding after two weeks, so Patrick and Emily went out for shopping" Matt coldly informed her, avoiding looking at her.

"You alright?" Lisa asked him, as she could see something was wrong with him.

"Hmm, what would happen to me?" Matt coldly asked her.

"I thought you were as affected as me about the kiss we shared last night but I guess you would rather pretend nothing happened" Lisa calmly dropped a bombshell on him.

"You remember it?" Matt was surprised as he thought she forgot all about it.

"I didn't recollect immediately but after you left the room, I eventually recollected what happened last night. So, that's why you kept asking if I remember anything from last night?" Lisa asked him.

"Yeah, I thought you didn't remember it" Matt was confused to see Lisa being so cool and calm about it. He expected her to freak out and run away from here.

The Lisa he knows, is shy and avoids discussing uncomfortable topics but right now she looked calm and composed.

"You wished I don't remember it?" Lisa questioned him and added, "I am not like you to kiss a person and forget all about it" She teased him to lighten the mood reminding Matt of their first kiss, which he forgot about.

"Nothing like that. I was just confused to see you being so calm about it?" Matt suspiciously asked.

"You'd rather I freak out?" Lisa threw another question at him.

"Lisa, you are confusing me" Matt was freaking out as he was not able to figure out what was going on in Lisa's mind.

"Matt, when I kissed you, I knew what I was doing" Lisa confessed to him.

When she just woke up, her mind was a mess and it took her a few minutes, to clearly recollect everything that happened and once she did, she decided to clear things with Matt as she doesn't want to have more complications in her life.

Matt on the other hand went speechless when Lisa confessed, she willingly kissed him. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.

The thought of Lisa too liking him, as much as he likes her, made him very happy.

Till date Matthew never dated anyone emotionally, it was more of a social and physical need.

Lisa was the first woman, who truly attracted him and he genuinely cared for her.

So, Matthew excitedly waited in anticipation to hear what Lisa would say. Earlier, he thought she won't remember the kiss and even if she does, she will regret it.

But right now, she looked calm and it was evident she didn't regret it.

"Matt, when I kissed you, I knew what I was doing" Lisa confessed to him and added, "I was in a bitter mood and whatever you said, it made me feel good. Although, I don't remember what you exactly said but you were honest, which I could see in your eyes. It felt good and I just gave in to my urge to kiss you. I am sorry for acting out of line" Lisa expressed herself and Matt didn't interrupt her until she was done.

"Don't apologize, Lisa." Matt smiled at her.

"No Matt, I need to apologize. I put you in a tough spot last night."

"Tough spot?" Matt didn't get what she meant and the smile on his face froze.

"I pushed you in guilt trip and you had to kiss me back." Lisa remembered when she first kissed him, Matt stopped her but when she said something, he pitied her and kissed her back.

In that moment, she just gave in to her urge but now she was sober enough to analyse the situation better.

She doesn't remember exactly what they talked about but she remembers all the emotions she went through last night.

"I didn't kiss you back because of any guilt trip, I kissed you because I wanted to" Matthew didn't like Lisa's interpretation of last night, so he wanted to be clear.

"Matt, it's okay, you don't need to lie or pity me. I can handle myself. Last night, my behaviour was uncalled for" Lisa calmly spoke and disregarded what he said.

"Lisa, what nonsense are you spouting? I didn't pity you. What I did was totally out of spite" Matt was surprised at the weird turn of events.

This is not what he imagined.

Lisa chuckled as if she heard a joke when Matt explained himself, "Matt, I am cool with whatever happened last night. It is not a big deal"

"Lisa, when you said you were as affected by the kiss last night as me, this is what you meant?" Matt expected one thing and got something else.

"Hmm, what else would I mean?" Lisa took a few sips of the hangover juice which was kept on the table for her with other dishes.

"That you fell in love with me" Matt said as a matter-of-fact which resulted in Lisa choking on her drink.

COUGH!!! COUGH!!!

Seeing Lisa cough vigorously, Matt ran to the refrigerator and poured some water in the glass for her.

Lisa calmed down only after drinking some water.

"Matt, what the fuck did you mean by me falling in love with you? Was that one of your stupid jokes?" Lisa glared at him, unbelievably.

Matt sat across her and wondered what he should do.

'Should I just tell her what I am feeling for her or…' Matt pondered, 'No, no or, there is no alternate. I have to tell her what I feel.'